LONGING FOR SALVATION

 

LONGING FOR SALVATION

Ps. 119:166 I long for your salvation, Lord, so I have obeyed your commandments. NLT

If you really want to live in Christ, you must obey God's Word. The ending of our salvation is not at Calvary; it's in heaven. Calvary is only the beginning of the process of salvation. It is those who stay in the process and die in the faith that will be with the Lord in heaven. Repentance without evidence of it is merely words spoken. Those who are being saved are living by God's Word. If heaven is the longing of your heart, you must live in obedience to God's Word.

A true child of God has an insatiable longing to be with God, both now and forever. You cannot be a child of God and be okay with not having fellowship with God in this life. You long to be near to the heart of God. You long to learn from Him. You long to be loved and taken care of by Him. You long to be a channel of Him in the world. You long to worship Him through the way you live life. You long to honor Him and bring Him glory in all you do.

In other words, a true child of God is so intertwined with God that they become inseparable in life. God is the main focus and passion of his life. He lives in obedience to God all the days of his life and anxiously awaits the day in which his faith will give way to sight.

Are you longing for the completion of your salvation, for that day in which your faith will give way to sight and you are literally in the presence of the Lord forever and ever? Are you preparing for that day by the way you are living today?